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( international standards ) ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3 language code forHerero . FromMiddle English here hir hire Old English hire ( “ her ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *hezōi ( dative and genitive singular of*hijō ) .
Cognate withNorth Frisian hör Saterland Frisian hier hiere ( “ her ” ) ,West Frisian har ( “ her ” ) ,Dutch haar ( “ her ” ) ,German Low German hör ( “ her ” ) ,German ihr ( “ her ” ) .
( Received Pronunciation ) IPA (key ) : /ˈhɜː/ ,unstressed IPA (key ) : /ə/ ( US ) IPA (key ) : /ˈhɝ/ , [hɹ̩]unstressed IPA (key ) : /ɚ/ , [ɹ̩]( Canada ) IPA (key ) : [ˈhɚː] ,unstressed IPA (key ) : [ɚ] ( Scotland ) IPA (key ) : /hɛr/ ( New Zealand ) IPA (key ) : /høː/ ( Liverpool , fair –fur merger) IPA (key ) : /heː/ ( Humberside, Teesside , fair –fur merger ) IPA (key ) : /hɛː/ ( Lancashire , fair –fur merger) IPA (key ) : /hɜː(ɹ)/ Homophones :hair hare ( bothfair –fur merger ) ;a ( non-rhotic , unstressed form ) Rhymes:-ɜː(ɹ) her
Belonging toher (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).This isher book 1928 The Journal of the American Dental Association , page765 :Prodigal in everything, summer spreadsher blessings with lavish unconcern, and wavingher magic wand across the landscape of the world, she bids the sons of men to enter in [...]
1932 Delos W. Lovelace ,King Kong 1965 , page 1:Her crew knew that deep inher heart beat engines fit and able to push her blunt old nose ahead at a sweet fourteen knots, come Hell or high water.
2001 Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs , Simon and Schuster,→ISBN 78 :On top of the circle she wroteher name, Louise, just above where the 12 on a clock would be.
2010 Nelson: Britannia's God of War , Faber & Faber,→ISBN On 24 April Nelson rejoined his ship,her battle damage repaired[ …]
Belonging to a person of unspecified gender( to counterbalance the traditional "his" in this sense ) .2017 Essentials of Integrating the Language Arts , page115 :Begin by having students choose a short poem to memorize; they will enjoy searching the library for a poem that appeals to them. If a student wishes to memorizeher poem and share it aloud with the rest of the class, suggest a buddy system.
English personal pronouns Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are initalics .
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The form ofshe Give it toher ( after preposition ) He wroteher a letter ( indirect object ) He treatedher for a cold ( direct object ) Him andher went for a walk ( with aconjunction ; deprecated ) Her' s a bosting wench!( as asubject wihout aconjunction ; dialect ) February 1896 ,Ground-swells , by Jeannette H. Walworth, published inLippincott's Monthly Magazine ; page 183:"Then what became ofher ?" "Her ? Which ‘her ’? The park is full of ‘hers ’." "The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff." 1913 D. H. Lawrence ,Sons and Lovers 1994 ,→ISBN page213 :“I’ll bet’er wor a toe-rag,” said Morel, following up his joke. ¶ “Don’t you be so cheeky about a queen,” said Annie.
1950 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe :"It's all right," he was shouting. "Come out, Mrs. Beaver. Come out, Sons and Daughters of Adam and Eve. It's all right! It isn'ther
2013 The Crimes of Charlotte Brontë :Every day I had to watch as him andher went off for long walks together, and each night I had to go to my lonely, cold bed with the thought that they were sharing the same one[ …]
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( informal ) I think this bird is a him, but it may be aher . 1986 ,Hélène Cixous ,Sorties (translated) [ …] daring dizzying passages in other, fleeting and passionate dwellings within the hims andhers whom she inhabits [ …] 2004 Love and Survival , page68 :By this time, she had so many questions, but she only hit him up for one answer about those “hims” and “hers.” She asked, “Do both hims andhers reproduce hummers?”
FromLatin ferrum Romanian fier Spanish hierro
her n plural heari or heare
iron her
Mixed mutation ofger .her f
genitive plural ofhra FromOld Norse hér
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here FromMiddle Dutch her Old High German hera ( “ hither ” ) and likelyGothic 𐌷𐌹𐍂𐌹 ( hiri ) .
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( obsolete outside fixed expressions) here ( obsolete outside fixed expressions) hither Not in common usage, "hier " is rather used. "her" is only used in expressions like the ones below. FromOld Norse hér
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here Fromherur
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indefinite accusative singular ofherur FromMiddle High German her Old High German hera German Low German her
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hither , to this place, to here, to me/usago Es ist zehn Jahreher , dass ich das letzte Mal Auto gefahren bin. Ten yearsago was the last time I drove a car. “her ” inDuden online “her ” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache hēr
Romanization of𐌷𐌴𐍂 FromOld Norse herr
her m genitive singular hers nominative plural herir or ( archaic/obsolete ) herjar
army ,military Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989 )Íslensk orðsifjabók , Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies,→ISBN (Available atMálið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur ” tab.) Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025 ), “her ”, inBeygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection Mörður Árnason (2019 )Íslensk orðabók “her” in theDictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic ) andISLEX (in the Nordic languages ) Fromhieër
her m
vocative singular ofhieër Inherited fromOld English hǣr Proto-West Germanic *hār Proto-Germanic *hērą
er hair haire har hare hær hear heere heir here herre heyr hier hor hore her plural heres
( countable ) hair ( follicular growth on the skin ) c. 1395 John Wycliffe ,John Purvey [et al. ], transl.,Bible Wycliffite Bible (later version) , MS Lich 10.)[2] c. 1410 ,Apocalips 1:14,page117v ; republished asWycliffe's translation of the New Testament ,Lichfield : Bill Endres,2010 :⁊ þe heed of him ⁊ hisheeris weren whiyt as whiyt wolle .· ⁊ as ſnow / ⁊ þe iȝen of him as flawme of fier .· And his head and hishairs were white, like white wool or snow, and his eyes were like fire's flame. 1387–1400 Geoffrey Chaucer , “The Wyfe of Bathes Tale ”, inThe Canterbury Tales William Caxton , published1478] ,→OCLC William Thynne ], editor,The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, [ … ] ,[ London] : [ … ] [Richard Grafton for]Iohn Reynes [ … ] 1542 ,→OCLC ( uncountable ) hair ( follicular growths on the skin ) pelt ,hide , animal skinSomething similar in appearance to hair( e.g. a botanical hair ) ( figurative ) part , any part( of a person ) Inherited fromOld English hēr *hǣr Proto-West Germanic *hēr Proto-Germanic *hē₂r
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here her
Alternative form ofhire ( “ her ” ,genitive ) her
Alternative form ofhire ( “ hers ” ) her
Alternative form ofhire ( “ her ” ,object ) her
Alternative form ofhere ( “ their ” ) her
Alternative form ofhere ( “ pleasant ” ) her plural heres
Alternative form ofhere ( “ haircloth ” ) her
Alternative form ofherre ( “ hinge ” ) her
Alternative form ofhere ( “ army ” ) her plural heres
Alternative form ofheir ( “ heir ” ) her
Alternative form ofheren ( “ to hear ” ) her
comparative degree ofhe ( “ high ” ) her
her third-person singular, feminine, objective her third-person singular, feminine, possessive her
inflection ofhaa first / third-person singular preterite plural preterite past participle FromProto-Indo-Iranian *sárwas
Central Kurdish هەر ( her ) Southern Kurdish هەر ( her )
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every ,each ever ,always Her bi jî!Long live! (lit. "Ever live!") FromOld Norse hér
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here “her” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .FromOld Norse hér
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here Det er fint å veraher . It's nice to behere . just now,recently Eg såg hoher ein dag. I saw her just the other day. her m definite singular heren indefinite plural herar definite plural herane
( pre-2012 ) alternative form ofhær “her” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .FromProto-West Germanic *hēr Proto-Germanic *hē₂r *hi- ( “ this ” ) ; the exact formation is unclear. Cognate withOld Saxon hēr Old High German hiar Old Norse hér Gothic 𐌷𐌴𐍂 ( hēr ) .
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here late 10th century ,Ælfric ,the Old English Hexateuch Genesis 46:2 God hine ġehīerde and cleopode hine and cwæþ tō him, "Iācōb, Iācōb"! And hē him andswarode and cwæþ, "Hēr iċ eom!" God heard him and called out, "Jacob, Jacob!" And he answered him and said, "Here I am!" hēr n ( Anglian , late Kentish)
Alternative form ofhǣr Stronga -stem:
FromProto-West Germanic *hār Old English hǣr Old Saxon hār Old Dutch hār
hēr n
hair Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009 )An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary , Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company,→ISBN FromProto-Germanic *hairaz
hēr (comparative hērro or hērōro
gray-haired ,old noble ,venerable Strong declension ofher
Singular masculine feminine neuter nominative hērēr, her hēriu, her hēraȥ, her accusative hēran hēra hēraȥ, her genitive hēres hērera hēres dative hēremu hēreru hēremu instrumental hēru — hēru Plural masculine feminine neuter nominative hēre, her hēro, her hēriu, her accusative hēre hēro hēriu, her genitive hērero hērero hērero dative hērēm hērēm hērēm
Weak declension ofher
Singular masculine feminine neuter nominative hēro hēra hēra accusative hēron hērūn hēra genitive hēren hērūn hēren dative hēren hērūn hēren Plural masculine feminine neuter nominative hēron hērūn hēron accusative hēron hērūn hēron genitive hērōno hērōno hērōno dative hērōm hērōm hērōm
Declension of comparative ofher
Singular masculine feminine neuter nominative hērōro hērōra hērōra accusative hērōron hērōrūn hērōra genitive hērōren hērōrūn hērōren dative hērōren hērōrūn hērōren Plural masculine feminine neuter nominative hērōron hērōrūn hērōron accusative hērōron hērōrūn hērōron genitive hērōrōno hērōrōno hērōrōno dative hērōrōm hērōrōm hērōrōm
Strong declension of superlativeher
Singular masculine feminine neuter nominative hērōstēr, hērōst hērōstiu, hērōst hērōstaȥ, hērōst accusative hērōstan hērōsta hērōstaȥ, hērōst genitive hērōstes hērōstera hērōstes dative hērōstemu hērōsteru hērōstemu instrumental hērōstu — hērōstu Plural masculine feminine neuter nominative hērōste, hērōst hērōsto, hērōst hērōstiu, hērōst accusative hērōste hērōsto hērōstiu, hērōst genitive hērōstero hērōstero hērōstero dative hērōstēm hērōstēm hērōstēm
Weak declension of superlativeher
Singular masculine feminine neuter nominative hērōsto hērōsta hērōsta accusative hērōston hērōstūn hērōsta genitive hērōsten hērōstūn hērōsten dative hērōsten hērōstūn hērōsten Plural masculine feminine neuter nominative hērōston hērōstūn hērōston accusative hērōston hērōstūn hērōston genitive hērōstōno hērōstōno hērōstōno dative hērōstōm hērōstōm hērōstōm
FromProto-West Germanic *hiʀ Proto-Germanic *hiz
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( northern dialects ) Alternative form ofer Middle High German:hër he Central Franconian:Moselle Franconian:ä en ( from the accusative ) Eifelisch:hän hen en Ripuarian:Aachensch:he Kölsch:hä ä East Central German:Lusatian-New Marchian:hä Thuringian:North Thuringian:he hä Rhine Franconian:Hessian:Low Hessian:he hä South Hessian:he Vilamovian:hār her
accusative / dative singular ofherr FromPersian هر ( har ) . Cognate withBengali হর ( hor ,“ every ” ) ,Latin salvus ( “ safe, whole ” ) ,Ancient Greek ὅλος ( hólos ,“ complete, whole ” ) .
( Jiezi, Gaizi, Mengda, Chahandusi, Hanbahe, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai ) IPA (key ) : [her] ( Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai ) IPA (key ) : [heɹ] ( Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai ) IPA (key ) : [hær] ( Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai ) IPA (key ) : [hɑ] her
every Tenishev, Edhem (1976 ) “her ”, inStroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar 333-334 her
Obsolete spelling ofhacer 1 Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
Selected combined forms ofher
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person with infinitiveher dative herme herte herle herse hernos heros herles herse accusative herme herte herlo herla herse hernos heros herlos herlas herse with gerundhiendo dative hiéndome hiéndote hiéndole hiéndose hiéndonos hiéndoos hiéndoles hiéndose accusative hiéndome hiéndote hiéndolo hiéndola hiéndose hiéndonos hiéndoos hiéndolos hiéndolas hiéndose with informal second-person singulartú/vos imperativehe dative heme hete hele henos not used heles accusative heme hete helo hela henos not used helos helas with formal second-person singular imperativeha dative hame not used hale hase hanos not used hales accusative hame not used halo hala hase hanos not used halos halas with first-person plural imperativehamos dative not used hámoste hámosle hámonos hámoos hámosles accusative not used hámoste hámoslo hámosla hámonos hámoos hámoslos hámoslas with informal second-person plural imperativehed dative hedme not used hedle hednos heos hedles accusative hedme not used hedlo hedla hednos heos hedlos hedlas with formal second-person plural imperativehan dative hanme not used hanle hannos not used hanles hanse accusative hanme not used hanlo hanla hannos not used hanlos hanlas hanse
FromOttoman Turkish هر Persian هر ( har ) . Cognate withBengali হর ( hor ,“ every ” ) ,Latin salvus ( “ safe, whole ” ) ,Ancient Greek ὅλος ( hólos ,“ complete, whole ” ) .Doublet ofsalvo
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every each her (nominative plural hers
hair 1 status as a case is disputed2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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challenge R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “her ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies FromMiddle English here Old English hire Proto-West Germanic *heʀē
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her 1867 SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , pages102[ 1] :A portion ich gaeher , was (it's now ich have ee-tolth) The portion I gaveher was (it's now I have told) FromMiddle English hire Old English hire Proto-West Germanic *heʀā
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her 1927 THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD , page129 , lines6[ 2] :An awi gomeher egges wi a wheel an car taape, And away wenther eggs, with the car overset. 1927 THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD , page129 , lines8[ 2] :Shu ztaared, clappuher baashes an up wi punaan, She stared, clappedher palms, and up with lament, ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland , London: J. Russell Smith, published1867 ↑2.0 2.1 Kathleen A. Browne (1927 ) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, inJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)[1] 17 , number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Related toPersian هر ( har ) .
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each Related toPersian خر ( xar ) .
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